New Navy ships boss installed

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http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/07/copeman-rowden-surface-forces-navy-command-change/?st



Vice Admiral Thomas Rowden, who assumed command of Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet is greeted by fellow officers following the change of command ceremony.

New Navy ships boss installed
By Jeanette Steele
5:37 p.m.Aug. 7, 2014

The Navy’s fleet of surface warships got a new boss on Thursday.

Newly promoted Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden took over as commander of Naval Surface Forces, a job that puts him in charge of oversight of the Navy’s destroyers, cruisers, littorals and amphibious ships.

Rowden assumed the post at a change of command ceremony aboard the littoral ship Coronado at San Diego Naval Base.

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Copeman said that his highest achievement was putting a focus on sailors and convincing Navy brass to put more crew members on ships.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Usually they ship them uninstalled, don't they?